The method of approaching the product development in furniture production

One of essential problems in furniture production is creation of industrial production program which enables that programmed mass production is achieving optimmum efficiency in production and trade. The articles planned for export, particularly to convertible markets, depend on buyer's design, quality and naturally on their price. In such business relations, a task of manufacturers is to build into already designed product their material and manpower. The price of such product is lower than would be the price of the product designed by production people and offered to the buyer. The attempt of this article is to show the results of the research work which lasted for several years and to point to methodological approach of product development which has been set not only theoretically but it has also been carried out practically in a large number of work organizations, and the results of the work in this field are: adjustable unit furniture programs: »OLIMPIC«, »RADIN«, „KONA«, »DOMINO« and series of other programs of kitchen and solid wood furniture and production of chairs. Setting the approach of product development on cybernetic principles and coordinating it with the system of production process management gives to this problem a new dimension. A range of work organizations applying this approach to product development is everyday becoming wider, which means that the research field has been also wider and results more reliable.